52-Day Challenge — Day 12 — Nov. 14

Happyscientist's comments about sugar in meat started me thinking. It's easily possible to get plain ordinary meat at the store, but there are also a lot of processed meats and sausages. These include everything from deli ham to corned beef, pastrami, pepperoni, salami and more. Not all are equally good.

Do you eat processed meats? If so, how do you determine which ones you choose?

Sometimes a sandwich is just the easiest thing for lunch. I almost always pack a lunch because our cafeteria is very unhealthy, as are most restaurants. Usually, I just go for roast beef, a savory ham (if I can find it), or turkey.

A few sausages..either a polish sausage (maybe 1 package a year) Brats (maybe 1 or 2 packages...during grilling season) and for variety some of the chicken sausages that are out there..again 1 package maybe every 2 months..Oh and some of those get eaten by company!!

I get deli ham, since it is a relatively lean meat. On occasion, I'll also get Mennonite farmer sausage. (It's made from pork, not from farmers.) This is a smoked sausage from a relatively simple recipe.